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. >> lehrer: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are 11 more. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the festivities at home and abroad as americans celebrate independence day. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice holiday weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. we may have more in common than you think. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsor
. >> lehrer: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are 11 more. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the festivities at home and abroad as americans celebrate independence day. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this...
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in afghanistan, nato announced four more of its troops have been killed in action. that made nine in the last 24 hours. five of those were u.s. soldiers who died on thursday. just a week ago, 30 americans and eight afghans were killed when their chinook helicopter was shot down. british police were out in full force today to guard against any resurgence of rioting over the weekend. authorities also kept up the hunt for suspects in the aftermath of this week's looting and violence. they used images of people captured on security cameras during the riots. in birmingham, for example, a large screen in the city center was showing those images. deputy prime minister nick clegg acknowledged today there's much to learn from the violence. >> with the benefit of hindsight we can all, you know, act as armchair generals saying this or that should have happened. i think the key thing is that what the public wants to see is that the streets are safe again, shops are safe again, homes are safe again, families are safe again. and that the people who did all of this are in court an
in afghanistan, nato announced four more of its troops have been killed in action. that made nine in the last 24 hours. five of those were u.s. soldiers who died on thursday. just a week ago, 30 americans and eight afghans were killed when their chinook helicopter was shot down. british police were out in full force today to guard against any resurgence of rioting over the weekend. authorities also kept up the hunt for suspects in the aftermath of this week's looting and violence. they used...
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of afghanistan. i have seen war lords who have raped women on the street. we have seen people who have taken our land. we have seen people who have done more damage. >> warner: do any of you know anyone personally who identifies himself as taliban? >> yes. >> warner: and do you think he or they have changed their attitudes about the role of women in society? >> these couple of-- the commanders that i came to know and i know, like they are very, very traditional people. their mentality, they grew up in a home where they didn'tee their own mother, for example, literally. they were trained and brought newspaper camps across the nation where they didn't see the levels of mother, or father of a family so they can be included if in a society as a normal human being so when you take these elements or this background into consideration, you can be hopeful that they're human beings or that they will change. because to be a human being, we're constantly changing. then you have commanders who are very ideaologi
of afghanistan. i have seen war lords who have raped women on the street. we have seen people who have taken our land. we have seen people who have done more damage. >> warner: do any of you know anyone personally who identifies himself as taliban? >> yes. >> warner: and do you think he or they have changed their attitudes about the role of women in society? >> these couple of-- the commanders that i came to know and i know, like they are very, very traditional people....
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in western afghanistan today, a roadside bomb killed at least 21 passengers aboard a minibus. they were traveling through herat province when their vehicle ran over an explosive. most of the victims were small children. to the east, a suicide bomber struck a coalition base in paktia province, killing two afghan security guards. there were no nato casualties in that attack. the taliban claimed responsibility. across the border, in southwestern pakistan, a wave of fresh violence rocked the country's largest city. police in karachi said 39 people have been killed in the last two days in a spasm of attacks blamed on criminal gangs. many of the victims were tortured before being shot, stuffed into burlap sacks and dumped in the streets. karachi has been plagued recently by such violence, linked to competing political factions. the government of chile today added another 9,800 names to the list of victims of the pinochet era. that brings the total to more than 40,000 chileans who were tortured, imprisoned, killed or seized and never seen again. it took place under the military regim
in western afghanistan today, a roadside bomb killed at least 21 passengers aboard a minibus. they were traveling through herat province when their vehicle ran over an explosive. most of the victims were small children. to the east, a suicide bomber struck a coalition base in paktia province, killing two afghan security guards. there were no nato casualties in that attack. the taliban claimed responsibility. across the border, in southwestern pakistan, a wave of fresh violence rocked the...
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>> well, you know, president bush put together coalitions in both iraq and afghanistan. unity among democratic countries around the world is very important in efforts like this. >> woodruff: so you're saying that's an idea that you accept. >> coalitions make sense. leadership of coalitions make sense. we provide a lot of leadership. this is more of a committee operation than a leadership operation but i still agree that coalitions are important. >> woodruff: senator reed, what's your take on that, whether it's an obama doctrine or something else? >> coalitions i think provide not only the forces but also the political legitimacy to deal with some of these issues. i think it's particularly notable in this circumstance that this coalition has components from the arab world. the arab league was one of the first to take a strong stand against qaddafi. then the united nations. i think this coalition has durability and strength and legitimacy. it also will marshal nor combat power and allow us to minimize our combat commitment and essentially also reduce the cost to us. those
>> well, you know, president bush put together coalitions in both iraq and afghanistan. unity among democratic countries around the world is very important in efforts like this. >> woodruff: so you're saying that's an idea that you accept. >> coalitions make sense. leadership of coalitions make sense. we provide a lot of leadership. this is more of a committee operation than a leadership operation but i still agree that coalitions are important. >> woodruff: senator...
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and a decorated veteran of both the afghanistan and iraq wars. and former clinton advisor and democratic pollster douglas schoen. he sits on the group's board of advisors. great to have you both. eliot ackerman do you first. our political parties have been around since the birth of the country practically. we have a stable system of government. why circumvent them? >> what's important to realize is this isn't a third party. this is a second nominating process. the vision here is that in november of 2012 when american voters go to the poll, they'll be... there will be a third ticket that they directly nominated themselves. americans-elect will be holding the first-ever non-partisan on-line nominating convention. any registered voter can be a delegate to that convention. the. >> woodruff: it's not a third party, you're saying, but it's a process that would circumvent the party. what is it about the two political parties that makes you think you can get around them? >> well, if you look at the polls, judy, you see that there are record levels of dis
and a decorated veteran of both the afghanistan and iraq wars. and former clinton advisor and democratic pollster douglas schoen. he sits on the group's board of advisors. great to have you both. eliot ackerman do you first. our political parties have been around since the birth of the country practically. we have a stable system of government. why circumvent them? >> what's important to realize is this isn't a third party. this is a second nominating process. the vision here is that in...
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. >> suarez: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are nine more. >> suarez: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at poverty in the u.s. and talk with former secretary of state condoleeza rice about her memoir, "no higher honor." i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think. >> we need renewable energy. >>. renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. >> we've got to get on this now. >> right now. and the william and flora he
. >> suarez: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are nine more. >> suarez: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at poverty in the u.s. and talk with former secretary of state condoleeza rice about her memoir, "no higher honor." i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey...
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and when we think about afghanistan, we americans think about afghanistan as the place where we were attacked by al qaeda. and so it had very special relevance in terms of their americans thinking about its security. noose not the case in europe. in the special case of germany. the germans don't believe, given their special history, that military force is necessarily awe solution to every problem. and i'm amad, just to tell you the truth, that there are 45,000 european troops fighting in afghanistan, and some of those are germans. the idea of german forces being deployed outside of europe 20 years ago would have been politically unthinkable. >> warner: so very briefly, the other major pount he made that the u.s. political conscious-- consensus for defending europe, for supporting nato, could disappear in coming decade or two? >> i think he's right. i think there's a new generation of military officers in particular who don't see the value of nato. my generation served in yurng remembered cold war, remember the soviet threat as the ambassador pointed out. the the new generation, what
and when we think about afghanistan, we americans think about afghanistan as the place where we were attacked by al qaeda. and so it had very special relevance in terms of their americans thinking about its security. noose not the case in europe. in the special case of germany. the germans don't believe, given their special history, that military force is necessarily awe solution to every problem. and i'm amad, just to tell you the truth, that there are 45,000 european troops fighting in...
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engagement in afghanistan. tonight, we focus on the other major challenge for the new defense secretary-- the military budget, which is $730 billion for this year, more than double what it was in 2001. for that we get two views: gordon adams supervised national security budgets at the office of management and budget in the clinton administration. he now teaches at american university and is author of the book, "buying national security." ackeie eaglen was a congressional staffer on defense issues and served at the pentagon. she's now a research fellow at the heritage foundation. >> he welcome to both of you. gordon adams i will start with you. frame the debate that leone panetta is stepping into. is everyone agreed that some steps are necessary so it's how much and how to do it. >> i think almost everybody now believes we are at the edge of a builddown in defense. and the question is going to be how fast do you go, what things do you choose to make a priority. what period of time do you cover with it. i don't t
engagement in afghanistan. tonight, we focus on the other major challenge for the new defense secretary-- the military budget, which is $730 billion for this year, more than double what it was in 2001. for that we get two views: gordon adams supervised national security budgets at the office of management and budget in the clinton administration. he now teaches at american university and is author of the book, "buying national security." ackeie eaglen was a congressional staffer on...
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action in afghanistan. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> victory against the taliban in afghanistan is that taliban is a neutered force. they are no longer a security threat to the afghan people or to our country. >> reporter: to the plan to pull all u.s. troops from iraq, criticized by most candidates. huntsman and texas congressman ron paul support the complete iraq withdrawal and a withdrawal from afghanistan. on preventing iran's nuclear ambitions... >> congressman paul, let me follow up with you for 30 seonds. it is worth going to war to prevent a nuclear weapon in iran? >> no, it isn't worthwhile. >> reporter: but others support a more muscular approach. >> after all of the work we've done there's nothing else we can do besides take military action then of course you take military action. it's unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon. >> i agree entirely with governor romney. if in the end despite all of those things the dictatorship persists you have to take whatever steps are neces
action in afghanistan. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> victory against the taliban in afghanistan is that taliban is a neutered force. they are no longer a security threat to the afghan people or to our country. >> reporter: to the plan to pull all u.s. troops from iraq, criticized by most candidates. huntsman and texas congressman ron paul support the complete iraq withdrawal and a withdrawal from afghanistan. on preventing iran's nuclear ambitions... >>...